I’ve Moved!
November 20, 2008
So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:
In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here
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That said, this is not the end of Time Immortal. My wife Grace has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.
Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.
Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.
“We denounce this kind of act, categorically without any reservation,” said Dr. Mohammad Alnadui, vice-chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams. “This is of course an un-Islamic thing. We in the community are very shocked by this kind of thing and can’t understand what happened.”
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Peel police have not said what they believe the motive is in the case but many of Aqsa’s friends say the teen was rebelling against her parents’ conservative ways, shunning the hijab and dressing in western styles. She had also moved away from home and was staying with a friend in the days before she was killed.
Her family has denied not wearing the hijab was an issue in the conflict.
Alnadui said it’s quite possible for a young woman to be a devout Muslim and not wear the traditional headscarf, saying it was up to parents to educate children about the value of dressing modestly.
Up until this point, I actually like what this guy has to say, although he ought to double-check his opening statements against some of the evidence that Tarek Fatah of the Muslim Canadian Congress has dug up concerning just what is being promoted as faithful to Islam, and what is being denounced as unfaithful, in Canada’s mosques. Especially as pertains to the mode of dress of women. The fact of the matter remains, Mohamed Parvez was a Muslim man who insisted, as a matter of adherence to the Muslim faith, that his daughter wear her hijab — he strangled the life out of her when she refused.
But Dr. Alnadui is not the one who is really missing the point:
Mohammad Ashraf, secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America, said the status of women in Islam is misunderstood in North America.
“It’s being reported in the media that all woman are being forced, that they are subjugated and they need to be liberated,” Ashraf said. “In Islam, women were liberated 1,400 years ago. Islam gives more rights to the women than western countries.”
I’m sure that’s how it is in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan, and a host of other predominantly Muslim nations around the world. I’m sure. Pace Henry Ford: You can have any colour of burka you want, sweetie, as long as it’s a burka.
(In Soviet Russia, hat tips you: Kathy Shaidle)
